Need guidance ! Hyoid Bone

[chiku248]

I am glad that I found this community. I am sharing my symptoms and evaluation below and I will appreciate any guidance

I am a 32 years old man. Since few days I am having cold and a runny nose.

And while self examining i found that " My right lesser horn is feeling bigger than my left lesser horn in the Hyoid Bone" . It feels like a swelling and there is slight pain also .I checked with the doctor, he also confirmed the swelling. But the doctor could not give me a reason for that. Even I took some online consultation, but that also didn’t help.

Then I did an ultrasound to clear my mind and found that there’s no cyst and tumor present but a solitary enlarged reactive right level 2 B lymph node is there.

I have done a laryngoscopy 3 months back and the report was normal.
And recently I have no voice change, no swallowing issue and no breathing issue.

And I sleep on my stomach and I have a little stiffness in the right back side of my neck since months and every time I strech my right neck i feel the click sound .

I am looking for help here. Thanks in Advance :⁠-⁠)

[Isaiah_40_31]

@chiku248 - Welcome to our forum! The best way to see what is going on with the lesser & greater horns of your hyoid bone is to get a CT scan. It’s worthwhile having the CT scan cover the area from your skull base to your hyoid bone so the full length of the stylohyoid ligaments can be seen as those ligaments attach to the lesser horns of the hyoid.

Even though the focus of our forum is Eagle Syndrome, we have had members who have Hyoid Bone Syndrome. Two of our most recent are @a_catindisguise & @F_t. If you click on the magnifying glass icon in the upper right of this page, & type one or the other of their names in the search box, their discussions about Hyoid Bone Syndrome will be listed so you can click on the links to read them.

Here are a couple to get you started:

Thought it was time to post my story…

Hey you all! Wanted to start off by saying I really appreciate this group so much! When I started having symptoms, Eagles was the only thing that matched to a T. I had a follow up with my 2nd ENT this afternoon to go over my CT with contrast and I’ve officially been ruled out of every possible ENT condition including ES. My story is kind of interesting though and I’m hoping maybe it can help someone else that thinks they may have this condition. So my symptoms started the first week of March 20…

Anyone seen Dr. Dewan? Clicking larynx

Please let us know how your appointment goes. I will be praying she can help you, @a_catindisguise.

[Jules]

I second what @Isaiah_40_31 says & agree it would be a logical next step to get a CT done & see whether there is any extra calcification going on. The clicking seems to be more common with members who either have calcification of the stylo-hyoid ligament, or elongated hyoid bone processes.
We’ve seen quite a few members who have had enlarged lymph nodes alongside ES, it does seem to be quite common, a guess would be because of the inflammation elongated styloid processes/ calcified ligaments/ elongated hyoid bone processes cause by irritating nerves in the area…
I would just say though that surgery to shorten the hyoid bone process or to remove calcified ligaments (if you do find this on a CT) is not without risks, most members opt for surgery when their symptoms cause pain and misery which makes the benefits outweigh the risk, treatment shouldn’t be undertaken lightly, but it would be a good idea from your point of view to see what’s going on in case symptoms worsen…